advice from reddit if you were in Boston:
Reposting
/u/IBuildDrones advice to those who were present so it can gain more awareness. All credit goes to him. If you see him repost his advice in this thread please upvote his.
"For those of you who were there.
Please take a moment away from the internet, away from the trolls and away from knee jerk reactions. Try not to contaminate your memories of the incident, with uninformed views of the event.
Try to write down everything that happened today, from the moment you woke up, to now - starting at the beginning of your day will help to organize the events of the day, and no detail is too small.
Once you have your day written down, do not change any of it. Add to it if you like, but don't change anything. (Edit - Multiple versions of events are better than one mistaken version. If numerous people come forward with the same version of events, although it might not feel right to you at the time, that perspective/view of the incident may actually be the accurate version. You have been shocked, and your brain will not operate as it normally does; your memories can be distorted and jumbled, it's normal, and it's a coping mechanism.)
Try to include all of your senses when you write down your day. Smells are very important in a situation like this, they tell the FBI a lot, even though you may feel odd about communicating smells associated to events. All the things you heard, all the things you felt. All of what you experienced is important, and some of it will come to you in dreams over the next few days, weeks, months, and years.
Please backup and include every image you have taken in and around Boston over the last few days, and obviously of today. The offending party(ies) may be in one of your images. Offer these images to the FBI with your version of events. Please do not leave out any of the images.
Then, offer your views of the events to your local FBI office. There will be an anti-terrorist section, and the operator will put you through.
I hope you are well, and I hope you come through this ok.
Edit: for those of you worried about friends and family, and frantic because you can't get a hold of them via their cell phone; the cell phone networks may still be down, which is standard operating procedure during and after a terrorist attack - for obvious reasons.
Edit 2: If you have a dash cam in your car (I use them in all of my vehicles), don't forget to backup the feed and give it to the FBI also. In a situation like this, there is never too much information.
Source: Ex military, lived with IED incidents my whole life, worked in antiterrorism (in the military & transport) searching for bombs and so on."
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